Free programs only get bigger and bigger as more and more people jump on the gravy train. What is it going to look like in a few more years when even more old people join the ranks of the retired. Can you raid the trust fund each end every year for the rest of time? The truth is programs such as medicaid will eventually consume everything you have.

"Even when Mathis went to take out a loan to buy a house and a car, he said his student loan debt was an issue". He cant pay his student loans but he wants to borrow more money to purchase a car and a house. Maybe the real problem is that he doesnt want to pay his student loan. A new car is much nicer than an old $1500 beater car that is paid for. Living in a new home is nicer than living in a cheap apartment. The vast majority of the people with student loans makes the sacrifices in their standard of living to pay back the money they borrowed. I am tired of hearing from the slime bags who dont want to pay back the money because they want to spend their money on new things...

Ask some high school kids what is 20% of $4.00. I did and I was shocked at the number of kids who cant calculate this in their head. I showed them a picture of Ronald Reagan and asked them who this person was, again they could only offer wild guesses. I then asked them to name a country that borders Iraq, no correct answers. There was 10 -12 kids all in high school, some now in college, all good students with good grades. Our schools are a joke, they are nothing more than baby sitting. And yes our schools do teach that government is the solution and provider for all your needs...

This problem is a result of the destruction of the family as caused by generational welfare dependence. The last thing we need is more government programs that further reduce the role of parents. The lefts plan to destroy America is almost complete...

With two kids in highschool and one in college I can tell you from experience 1/3 of the highschool math teachers my kids have had couldnt pass the ACT math section. Until we increase the standards of the education degree and institute teacher testing we will also have teachers in the class room who are as dumb as rocks.

Dont worry we have the black merit scholar award that allows minorities to win scholarships with lower scores and grades even though they are less qualified than some better deserving white kids who cant go to college because they cant afford to and cant score high enough on the white scale of the merit scholarship test to win scholarships...

These are the results of the kids who take the ACT, the real dumb ones dont even do that. the percentages would be worse if all kids where included. We have dumbed down our education system to the level that it is now just baby sitting.

Our Highschools are a joke. Even Kids passing with straight A's are not prepared to enter science and math based programs such as enigneering at the college level. Our schools have been dumbed down and they are little more than baby sitting.

Our highschools are not preparing the kids to take tough science and math based degree programs in college. Even kids who graduate from top highschools such as Bob Jones will have to play catch up in college if they choose to major in an engineering program at Auburn or Alabama. Many students choose to change their majors rather than hit the books to make up for their lack of an education. Add to that the American students idea that college is to have fun and party rather than work and study hard and you can see why there is a shortage of science and math students in college.